Second Annual Physiology Symposium Showcases Students' Research Achievements

The second annual Human Physiology Symposium for Physiology of Physiology Students (POPS) was held in the Student Event Center on December 7. The symposium, organized by the Human Physiology leadership and sponsored by the Allen Foundation, aimed to highlight the research conducted by students in the field of human physiology.

The course is a hands-on lab where students investigate physiological processes through data and analysis and could pick topics ranging from cardiovascular, respiratory, biomolecules, circadian rhythm, nervous and muscular systems. Students came up with a question and used the scientific method to carry out experiments. They collected and analyzed the data and created figures to explain how the data supports their hypotheses. This symposium prepared many of them to have experience in undergraduate research.

Five female students standing along side a poster they created

Presenters at the symposium: Aileen Henning, Rachael Ivie, Bridget Kroetch, Bekah Masina, and Hailee Marcroft

“It was better than having to take finals or tests throughout the semester. I've never done an actual research project so it was cool to see those steps,” said Bekah Masina, a student who teamed up with four other students to research the topic of the effects caffeine has on short-term memory.

POPS began in the fall of 2019, promoting course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE). Working in groups of up to five, students came up with a question that had personal interest to them. Some of the questions students came up with this year were how music affects blood pressure, does exercise affect how we sleep, and how eating habits affect our circadian rhythm.

“Our hope in creating this project-based learning opportunity was to provide students with the experience to learn physiology on a deeper level with a fun and creative approach. This project, which must be completed over the course of the semester, is rigorous, but our students stepped up to the challenge and surpassed our expectations. They immersed themselves in their projects and showed excitement in the process. We could not be prouder of their determination to produce these wonderful projects,” said Jo Stosich, biology lab instructor.

A section of someone's poster that shows a person exercising alongside graphs

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